Philosophy and Faith (NY Times)

[Alex]

Philosophy and Faith
By GARY GUTTING
August 1, 2010
NY Times
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/philosophy-and-faith

"...But how can religious experience sustain faith in a specific salvation narrative, particularly given the stark differences among the accounts of the great religious traditions?  What sort of religious experience could support the claim that Jesus Christ was God incarnate and not just a great moral teacher?  Or that the Bible rather than the Koran is the revelation of God’s own words?  Believers may have strong feelings of certainty, but each religion rejects the certainty of all the others, which leaves us asking why they privilege their own faith.  ..."



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